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Kun reading compounds

  • 蛸 【たこ】 octopus, fool, idiot
  • たこ焼き 【たこやき】 takoyaki, octopus dumplings
  • 茹で蛸 【ゆでだこ】 boiled octopus, person with red flushed skin

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shao1, xiao1
Korean:
so

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4149 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
33072X Morohashi
5330 New Nelson (John Haig)
2690 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2729 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6d7.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-7 SKIP code
5912.7 Four corner code
1-34-93 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
86f8 Unicode hex code

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On reading compounds

  • 壺 【コ】 hu (ancient Chinese vessel shaped like a vase, usually used to store alcohol)
  • 壺中 【コチュウ】 inside a jar, coward, timid person
  • 投壺 【トウコ】 pitch-pot (stick-throwing game)
  • 唾壺 【ダコ】 spittoon

Kun reading compounds

  • 壺 【つぼ】 pot, jar, vase, dice cup, depression, basin (e.g. of a waterfall), aim, what one wants, the mark, key point (of a conversation, etc.), essence, acupuncture point, moxibustion point, pressure point, position on the fingerboard (of a shamisen, koto, etc.), target (when aiming an arrow)
  • 壷洗い 【つぼあらい】 individually "washing" a partner's fingers or toes in one's vagina (esp. as a service at a soapland)
  • 肥壺 【こえつぼ】 chamber pot, jerry
  • 前つぼ 【まえつぼ】 frontal sandal strap (between the toes)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hu2
Korean:
ho

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1099 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2183 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2890 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5662 Morohashi
1043 New Nelson (John Haig)
3p9.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-9 SKIP code
4010.6 Four corner code
1-52-68 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
58fa Unicode hex code